Gaarba Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Gaarba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
Gaarba (21) may also be a first name.
Gaarba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaarba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaarba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaarba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaarba is the 1,551,568th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. Gaarba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaarba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name globally, held by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Jigawa, where 41 percent reside, Kano, where 21 percent reside and Sokoto, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 32 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gaarba
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